Suze Orman: Follow Her Example, NOT Her Advice

Financial pundits and corporations dole out much advice about wealth building. However, the best advice can be obtained from following the examples of these institutions and guru’s rather than heeding their words. Banks advise their customers to save in CDs and savings accounts, even though the interest rates are next to nothing– average 5-year cd according to

Lifestyle Inflation: The Spending Trend

"A luxury once enjoyed becomes a necessity." - C. Northcote Parkinson As we grow older, what we want becomes more sophisticated and we need bigger budgets to keep up. It would never occur to us to take a weekend trip or go anywhere really, without our smartphone, e-reader, tablet, fitbit, or external battery. What is lifestyle

The Power of Having Access to Cash

“There are three steps in the revelation of any truth: in the first it is ridiculed; in the second resisted; in the third, it is considered self-evident.” – Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher Do you have access to your money on demand? Or are you locking up your assets? The answer may be influencing your wealth

How to Save Money

“As important as I think (saving) is, national savings has always been relegated to the B list of economic measures.” – Edward M. Gramlich, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve from 1997-2005 Believe it or not, there was a time not long ago when Americans tracked their savings rather than their credit card

Our Top 5 Alternative Investments

The American people have been trained and taught to believe that the roller coaster ride of ups and downs in the stock market is required to build wealth. But believe it or not there are alternatives to save and invest outside the stock market, people just aren’t aware of the other options. We name